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The Sin Eater by Deborah Randall (Poetry)

Randall's poems are astonishing. Sometimes I'm tempted to call her a genius, although I'm sure she'd laugh at such bloated terminology. Judging by her work, which is earthed, gutsy, fiery and sensual in  its dealings with the basics of life and death. There is an echo of Sylvia Plath, Dylan Thomas or George Mackay Brown, but the tactics and cunning could only be Deborah Randall's and the rhymes are her own.

Ann the Word by Richard Francis

This splendid biography of Ann Lee, one of the first Shakers, offers rational insight into the power of belief. The Shakers are now remembered chiefly as designers of American furniture, but they originated in eighteenth-century England as a millenarian, evangelical offshoot of the Quakers. Lee, the illiterate daughter of a Manchester blacksmith, joined the sect in 1758, became one of its leaders, and in 1774 immigrated to the colonies with eight followers, settling in the wilderness near Albany. The Shakers evoked hostility, but they managed to spread their creed despite its demand for celibacy and the dissolution of family ties; they viewed Ann as the female counterpart of Jesus and shared her certainty that the world would soon end. Francis uses contemporary testimony to bring us the terror of Hell and the fear of sin that drove converts to find hope in Shaker salvation.

James Bond by Raymond Benson SOLD

James Bond must find and infiltrate a cult of fanatical terrorists shrouded in the teachings of the Greek mathematician Pythagoras. With multiple assassins trying to subtract him from the equation, he's going to have to make every correct calculation--or the next number that comes up may be his own.

The Secrets of Judas by James M. Robinson (RESERVED)

As news about the discovery and translation of the lost Gospel of Judas explodes, the first book about the mysterious gospel--an authentic papyrus manuscript from the 4th century-- reveals what we can and cannot know about the historical Judas. In THE SECRETS OF JUDAS renowned scholar James Robinson unravels the mystery of the enigmatic disciple and asks whether we should reconsider his place in history, culture, and faith. 

The Theory of Clouds by Stephane Audeguy

A kira Kumo, miraculous survivor of Hiroshima, reinvented himself as someone twenty years younger. Now an eccentric couturier and collector of all literature having to do with clouds and meteorology, he hires Virginie, a young librarian, to catalog his library. While she works, he tells her stories of those who have devoted their lives to clouds: the Quaker Luke Howard, contemporary of Napoleon and Goethe, who first classified clouds; the painter Carmichael (based on John Constable), who spent a year painting clouds; and the mysterious Abercrombie, a photographer who cataloged clouds around the world. Virginie’s trip to London in search of the suppressed Abercrombie protocol becomes a quest no less wondrous and strange than Kumo’s own. Sensual, hypnotic, and filled with stories both true and fanciful, The Theory of Clouds is a masterful first novel. 

Playing for Pizza by John Grisham

 All Rick knows is football, and he insists that his agent find a team that needs him. Against enormous odds, Rick finally gets a job—as the starting quarterback for the Mighty Panthers . . . of Parma, Italy. The Parma Panthers desperately want a former NFL player—any former NFL player—at their helm. And now they’ve got Rick, who knows nothing about Parma (not even where it is) and doesn’t speak a word of Italian. To say that Italy—the land of fine wines, extremely small cars, and football americano—holds a few surprises for Rick Dockery would be something of an understatement.

Open Wide the Freedom Gates by Dorothy Height

Dorothy Height marched at civil rights rallies, sat through tense White House meetings, and witnessed every major victory in the struggle for racial equality. Yet as the sole woman among powerful, charismatic men, someone whose personal ambition was secondary to her passion for her cause, she has received little mainstream recognition--until now. In her memoir, Dr. Height, now ninety-one, reflects on a life of service and leadership. We witness her childhood encounters with racism and the thrill of New York college life during the Harlem Renaissance. We see her protest against lynchings. We sit with her onstage as Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech. We meet people she knew intimately throughout the decades: W.E.B. DuBois, Marcus Garvey, Eleanor Roosevelt, Mary McLeod Bethune, Adam Clayton Powell Sr., Langston Hughes, and many others. And we watch as she leads the National Council of Negro Women for forty-one years, her diplomatic counsel sought by U.S. Presidents from Eisenhower to Clinton. After the fierce battles of the 1960s, Dr. Height concentrates on troubled black communities, on issues like rural poverty, teen pregnancy and black family values. In 1994, her efforts are officially recognized. Along with Rosa Parks, she receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.

Rest Area by Clay Mclead Chapman

This edgy, darkly humorous short story collection will take hold of your imagination and won't let go. Sharply tuned, haunting, and darkly humorous, these stories take readers from the country fair to the suburban home to the boy scout camping trip, flipping each stopping point on its head. Every story begins and ends with one voice, and each contains a mystery or turn of events that shocks, entertains, and frightens--and often all three. 

Mississippi in Africa by Alan Huffman

The gripping story of two hundred freed Mississippi slaves who sailed to Liberia to build a new colony where the colonists' repression of the native tribes would beget a tragic cycle of violence.

Baghdad Express: A Gulf War Memoir by John Turnipseed

Turnipseed tells about his tour in Saudi Arabia during the first Gulf war, where he was a truck driver/mechanic with a philosophic bent - along with a bent sense of humor and seriously skewed world view.

Hardy Boys: The Treasure Tower by Franklin Dixon

A dying criminal confesses that his loot has been secreted "in the tower." Both towers of the looted mansion are searched in vain. It remains for the Hardy boys to make an astonishing discovery that clears up the mystery.

Hardy Boys: The Phantom Freighter by Franklin Dixon

The Hardy brothers embark on a freighter trip under mysterious circumstances and find themselves involved with a smuggling ring.

The Rush for Second Place: Essays and Occational Writting by William Gaddis

William Gaddis published only four novels during his lifetime, but with those works he earned himself a reputation as one of America's greatest novelists. Less well known is Gaddis's body of excellent critical writings. Here is a wide range of his original essays, some published for the first time. From "'Stop Player. Joke No. 4,'" Gaddis's first national publication and the basis for his projected history of the player piano, to the title essay about missed opportunities in America during the past fifty years, to "Old Foes with New Faces," an examination of the relationship between the writer and the problem of religion-this diverse collection displays the power of an autonomous literary intelligence in an age increasingly dominated by political and religious conservatism.

Blame it on the Dog: A Modern History of the Fart by Jim Dawson

Did you know that James Joyce liked to smell his wife's farts? That some fish communicate by expelling gas? Or that the Pentagon is developing weapons of mass olfactory destruction (WMOD)? That's just a whiff of what's in store in this breathtaking follow-up to the best-selling fart history, WHO CUT THE CHEESE? In BLAME IT ON THE DOG, eminent fartologist Jim Dawson sniffs out the latest and greatest new items of the past century, from flatulent robot dogs and fart fetishists to poot-proof underwear and anti-stink pills. In fifty breezy chapters, he spills the beans about scientific (wind)breakthroughs, celebrity butt rumblings, and real-life fartistes like Flatulina Fontanelle Boutier, cyberspace entertainer the Queen of Farts, and Mr. Methane, England's Prince of Poots. Plumbing the nether regions of politics, pop culture, and the (f)arts, this stinker of a bathroom book will leave you gasping for air.

Sip! Swallow! by A.P. Herbert

As A P Herbert takes a look at the world around him and is disheartened at what he sees, he feels compelled to take up his pen to do battle. Whoever first said 'the pen is mightier than the sword' must surely have been foretelling of the great A P H, for he goes to war on everything he addresses. Satirical, whimsical and downright funny, he has an opinion, and an answer for everything -- whether the latest sartorial designs, nonsensical sayings of the English Language, the Arts, drinking tea, or taking shortcuts. And his cure for hiccups? -- simply 'sip...swallow'!

The Shortcut: 20 Stories To Get You From Here To There by Danna Curran

The Shortcut: 20 Stories To Get You From Here To There is a collection of short fiction from literary figures such as Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, and Nathaniel Hawthorne along with up and coming stars such as Kevin A. Fabiano and Raven West.

Dr. King's Refigerator: And Other Bedtime Stories by Charles Johnson (Short Story Collection)

The Shortcut: 20 Stories To Get You From Here To There is a collection of short fiction from literary figures such as Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, and Nathaniel Hawthorne along with up and coming stars such as Kevin A. Fabiano and Raven West.

High5ive by Megan Sexton

On the ten-year anniversary of the inaugural issue of Five Points, the literary journal of Georgia State University's Department of English and Creative Writing Program, comes a celebration of its finest contributions throughout the years. Five Points was the winner of the Best New Journal Award in 1998 from the Council of Literary Magazines and some of the works first published in Five Points have appeared in Best American Short Stories and Best American Poetry.

Miss Garnet's Angel by Sally Vickers

After the death of her longtime friend and flatmate, retired British history teacher Julia Garnet does something completely out of character: She takes a six-month rental on a modest appartamento in Venice. An atheist, a Communist, and a virgin, Julia finds herself falling beneath the seductive spell of the city's intoxicating beauty and sensual religiosity. She befriends a young Italian boy and English twins who are restoring a fourteenth-century chapel. And she falls in love for the first time in her life with an art dealer named Carlo. 

Hardy Boys: The House on the Cliff by Franklin Dixon

I read this book when I was 8 and it's what made me gay. Seriously, Biff's motorcycle is named "Queen" and when Joe "straddles" it and wraps his around Biff (or Chet) he "feels the throbbing engine between his legs." Then Frank and Joe get naked together after swimming in the ocean but that's okay because they're brothers even though they look nothing alike. Yeah right. Even "South Park" picked up on the subtext of the "Hardy Boys" in one episode. But you decide for yourself GoodReaders [Rich Merritt]

The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

Based on the extraordinary final lecture by Carnegie Mellon University professor Randy Pausch, given after he discovered he had pancreatic cancer, this moving book goes beyond the now-famous lecture to inspire readers to live each day with purpose and joy. Photos of Randy and his family and friends are included.

Postcards from No Mans Land by Aidan Chambers

Seventeen-year-old Jacob Todd is about to discover himself. Jacob's plan is to go to Amsterdam to honor his grandfather who died during World War II. He expects to go, set flowers on his grandfather's tombstone, and explore the city. But nothing goes as planned. Jacob isn't prepared for love--or to face questions about his sexuality. Most of all, he isn't prepared to hear what Geertrui, the woman who nursed his grandfather during the war, has to say about their relationship. Geertrui was always known as Jacob's grandfather's kind and generous nurse. But it seems that in the midst of terrible danger, Geertrui and Jacob's grandfather's time together blossomed into something more than a girl caring for a wounded soldier. And like Jacob, Geertrui was not prepared. Geertrui and Jacob live worlds apart, but their voices blend together to tell one story--a story that transcends time and place and war. By turns moving, vulnerable, and thrilling, this extraordinary novel takes the reader on a memorable voyage of discovery.

Sense and Nonsensibilities: Lampoons of Learning and Literature by Lawrence Douglas and Alexander George (RESERVED)

Two widely published humor columnists and "bad boys" of academia take their wit and wisdom to dazzling new lows in this irreverent send-up of highbrow literary culture. At last, the thinking person's take on the life of the mind in today's increasingly mindless age. Sense and Nonsensibility pokes fun at everyone from spoof-proof scholars to pompous professors; from anal-retentive authors to plagiarizing poets; from snake-oil therapists to bestselling illiterati. 
This singular collection by Professors Lawrence Douglas and Alexander George brings together their most popular pieces, along with many brand-new ones, including: 

• The Academy Awards for novels -- with categories for "Best Female Protagonist -- Doomed," "Best Narrator -- Unreliable," and "Best Novel -- Unfinishable by Reader" 
• Home Shopping University -- offering the greatest ideas in Western history at rock-bottom prices 
• I'm Okay, I'm Okay: Accepting Narcissism -- the best in "Self-helplessness books" 
• The Penis Orations -- Iron Man's answer to The Vagina Monologues 
• "Ask the Academic Ethicist" -- their notorious advice column, which has shocked higher education

The Shining Day by Frank Ross

Chosen by the Germans to act as a spy and permitted by the British to pursue his spying activities under their supervision--even with their help--Wilhelm Somner, a.k.a. Thomas Price is caught in a double bind.